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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUSAN JANE THIERS, OF N E\V YORK, N. Y.

HAT-MIRROR.

SFECIPICATION forming, part of Letters Patent No. 341,184, dated May 4,1886.

Application filed March 31, 1885. Serial No. 160,738. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Susan J ANE THIERS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Mirrors, of which thefollowing is a description in such full, clear, concise, and exact termsas to enable any one skilled in the art to which my invention belongs orwith which it is most nearly connected to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

Myinvention consists ofa new and improved hat-mirrorthat is, a mirrordesigned to be fastened on the inside of the crown of a hat. Heretoforesuch mirrors have been attached to hats by screws or pivots fastened tothe mirror by cement or like material, which, passing up through thebody of the hat, are se cured and held in position by a head or flangeon the outside. Such means of attachment is obviously objectionable, forthe reason that the hat is disfigured by the screw-hcad on the outside,the material forming the body or outside of the hat is perforated orpunctured, an unsightly scar remains when the glass is removed, and themirror-glass, being attached directly to the hat by means of the cementand pivot mentioned above, is far more liable to sustain fracture thanwhen, as in the present case, the glass is surrounded by and held in aframe which is attached, as hereinafter described, to the lining of thehat.

Figure 1 is a front view of ahat-mirror with my invention appliedthereto; and Fi 2 is a front view of a modified form of my invention,parts being broken away to expose to view the back of the frame. Fig. 3illustrates a hat, parts being broken away to show the mirror incross-section attached by stitches to the lining of a hat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring to Fig. 1, c is a mirror of suitable size and shape,surrounded by a frame, I). I prefer to make this frame of a thin sheetof stamped brass or other non-corrosive material, cut on its rear edgein the scallops c e, which, when turned at right angles with the planeof the frame, permit the glass to be put in pos i-- tion in the frame,and when turned down flat against the back of the glass hold it firmlyin place. Attached to and projecting from this frame radially, bypreference in the plane of the rear side of the mirror-glass, are theshort ears 0 c c c, perforated, as shown, by means of which themirrorframe can be stitched or sewed to the lining of the hat or to thematerial of which the hat is made by what is commonly called a blindstitch thatis, a stitch entering but not passing entirely through thematerial or fabric. .9, Fig. 3, illustrates the stitches by which themirror is sewed to the hat-lininglofthehat h. A convenientmethod offorming theselaterally-projecting cars is to turn outward and perforateone of the scallops e, as will be readily understood by reference to thefigures of drawings.

The object of the punctured cars is to fur- 7o nish a means of fasteningthe mirror by stitch ing or sewing it to the hat. Instead of thesepunctured ears, therefore, any proj ectious from or perforations in theframe I) capable of serving this purpose will be equivalent devices forthose here illustrated.

Another form of punctured or perforated ears is shown at c c, Fig. 2. Inthis figure the ears are formed of thin pointed plates of some materialwhich will bend easily and with- So out fracturing. These pointed earsmay be first turned at right angles with the plane of the mirror, thenpassed through the lining of the hat, and finally bent back to hold themirror firmly againstthehat-liniug. Stitches may then be applied, ifdesirable, through the perforations in the cars, for the purpose of moresecure attachment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination ofa mirror, a, frame pro vided withperforated projections, and the lining of a hat, to which it is attachedby stitches, substantially as described.

2. A new article of manufacture, consisting of a hat-mirror frame of asingle piece of ma terial formed at the rear side into a series ofscallops, part being bent back against the mirror'glass to hold the samein position, and part being bent outward and perforated to form means ofattachment to theinterior of ahat by stitches, substantially asdescribed.

SUSAN JANE THIERS.

Vitnesses:

J. EDGAR BULL, FREDERICK S. CLEMENT.

